Christina Billman // IB Lit. and Lang.

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Prompt:   Writers often highlight the values of a culture or a society by using characters who are alienated from that culture or society because of gender, race, class, or creed. Explain how the character’s alienation reveals the surrounding society’s assumptions and moral values. The alienation  shown through  Jane Eyre  in this excerpt of Chapter 7 includes how the characters are perceived by their peers and the adults in their lives. One example of this is when Mr. Brocklehurst, the orphanage  supervisor, called out Julia for having curly red hair by saying "' WHAT is that girl with curled hair? Red hair, ma'am, curled--curled all over?' And extending his cane he pointed to the awful object, his hand shaking as he did so ... 'we are not to conform to nature'" (Bronte). The alienation of the orphans was displayed through the neglect from the workers at the orphanage. Through the lack of proper clothing for the winter and food that is inedible for th...